Archive for July, 2010

Our latest report reveals that in her last six months in office, then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo bequeath the Filipino people a curious legacy, if also a big headache – 977 “midnight” appointments, as of the latest count. This figure...

Agriculture Regional Director Remedios Ongtangco on Tuesday wrote about the PCIJ story "Arroyo made 13 ‘midnight appointments’ on June 10" which identified her as among 13 "midnight appointees" by then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Ongtangco, who...

Our latest report exposes the latest batch of 13 “midnight appointments” that then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed on June 10, 2010 – a day after Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III was proclaimed new President by the joint committee of Congress...

The second and last installment of our latest report looks at the disbursement, accounting and use of taxpayers’ money by the judiciary, the branch of government vested with a mandate to administer justice and uphold the rule of law. You might ask: ...

July 7, 2010 · Posted in: The Judiciary

Justices keep SALNs secret

Our latest two-part report looks at why the Supreme Court and the judiciary remain a black hole in the avowed campaign for transparency and good governance of the new administration of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III. For one, in several...

The Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition urges the members of the 15th Congress to adopt and refile the version of the bill that the bicameral conference committee of the 14th Congress had passed, in order to save both time and resources and to assure the...